December 2007 update

On 13 December 2007 the alphabetical range purpress-quit shilling was added to the New Edition: every word in this range has been thoroughly revised and updated. Below are listed all the new words in the range. We have also added a further list of new words from across the alphabet.

List of new words

• purry, adj.
• purt, v.
• pus-gut, n.
• pus-gutted, adj.
• push and shove, n.
• push-back, adj. and n.
• pustulated, adj.
• pustulent, adj.
• puttanesca, n.
• putt-putt, n.
• putu, n.
• putu pap, n.
• put-up-or-shut-up, adj.
• putz, v.
• puy lentil, n.
• py, n.
• pycnodysostosis, n.
• pycnogenol, n.
• Pynchonesque, adj.
• pyoderma gangrenosum, n.
• pyribole, n.
• pyridinium, n.
• pyritified, adj.
• pyro, n.²
• pyro, n.³
• pyroelectrical, adj.
• pyroelectrically, adv.
• pyrograph, n.
• pyrolithic, adj.²
• pyrophyte, n.
• Pyrosoma, n.
• pyrothere, n.
• pyrotoxin, n.
• Pyrrhonical, adj.
• Pyrrhonically, adv.
• pyrrhuloxia, n.
• pysanka, n.
• Pythagoras, n.
• Pythagorico-Platonic, adj.
• Pyu, n.
• Pyx, n.²
• Qallunaaq, adj. and n.
• Qallunaat, n.
• QALY, n.
• qawwal, n.
• qawwali, n.
• qigong, n.
• Qin, n.¹ and adj.
• qin, n.²
• qindar, n.
• qindarka, n.
• Qing, n. and adj.
• qipao, n.
• Q-tip, n.
• qtr., n.
• quad, n.⁹
• quad, n.¹¹
• Quadi, n.
• quadplex, n.
• quadrans, n.
• Quadrans Muralis, n.
• quadrantally, adv.
• quadrathlon, n.
• quadringenary, n.
• quadringentenary, adj.
• quadringentennial, adj.
• quadrominium, n.
• quadrupedalism, n.
• quadruplicated, adj.
• quadruply, v.
• quagging, adj.
• quagmired, adj.
• quahogger, n.
• quailed, adj.²
• Qualitätswein, n.
• quangoland, n.
• quant, adj. and n.³
• quantifiability, n.
• quantitative analyst, n.
• quanton, n.
• quantum valeat, adv.
• quantum valebant, n. and adj.
• quantum valebat, n.
• Quapaw, n. and adj.
• quar, v.³
• quarter pipe, n.¹
• quarter pipe, n.²
• -quarterth, comb. form
• quarter time, n. and adv.
• quartzine, n.
• quashable, adj.
• quasilinear, adj.
• Quasimodo, n.¹
• quasiperiodicity, n.
• quasispecies, n.
• quattrino, n.
• qubit, n.
• queanie, n.
• quebrachitol, n.
• Quechan, n. and adj.
• queek, v.
• queek, int. (and n.)
• Queen Alexandra, n.
• Queenborough mayor, n.
• queer-bash, v.
• queercore, n.
• Queer Nation, n.
• quel, adj. (and adv.)
• Quelle, n.
• quelle surprise, int.
• quena, n.
• quenchant, n.
• que sera sera, int. and adj.
• Quetzalcoatlus, n.
• queued, adj.²
• quibbing, n.
• quibbing, adj.
• quick cut, n. and adj.
• quick-march, v.
• quick-set, adj.²
• quick smart, adv.
• quidding, n.¹
• quidding, n.²
• quidlibet, n.
• quilombo, n.
• Quimper, adj. and n.
• quinaldine, n.
• quince, n.²
• quinceañera, n.
• Quinkan, n.
• quinolizine, n.
• quinolone, n.
• quinovose, n.
• Quinquatria, n.
• quinquertium, n.
• quintuplicate, v.
• quinzhee, n.
• Quirites, n.

In addition to these new entries, a number of new subordinate entries were added to existing entries. These included:

• (Under push-, comb. form)
  • push broom
  • push factor
  • push mower
  • push-penny
  • push poll
  • push-polling
  • push-to-talk
• (Under pusher, n.)
  • pusher propeller
• (Under puss, n.¹)
  • puss caterpillar
  • puss caterpillar moth
• (Under put, v.)
  • to put aback
  • to put about
  • to put it about
  • to put across
  • to put it across
  • to put apart
  • to put away
  • to put down
  • to put the phone down
  • to put forth
  • to put it forth
  • to put forward
  • to put in
  • to put in the leather
  • to put in a (good) word for
  • to put in a word for
  • to put in a good word for
  • to put on
  • to put it on
  • to put on the pot
  • to put the pot on
  • to put out
  • to put together
  • to put this (also that) and that together
  • to put this and that together
  • to put that and that together
  • to put under
  • to put up
  • to put it up to a person
  • put ’em up
  • put them up
  • to put up (big, good, etc.) numbers
  • to put up numbers
  • to put up big numbers
  • to put up good numbers
  • to put up with
  • to put up a job
  • to put up an (also †one’s) appearance
  • to put up an appearance
  • to put up one’s appearance
  • to put up or shut up
• (Under putting, n.²)
  • putting club
• (Under puttock, n.²)
  • puttock plate
  • puttock ring
• (Under puzzle, n.)
  • puzzle book
• (Under pyelography, n.)
  • pyelographic
  • pyelographically
• (Under pygmy, n. and adj.)
  • pygmy chimpanzee
  • pygmy hippopotamus
  • pygmy marmoset
  • pygmy opossum
  • pygmy owl
  • pygmy possum
  • pygmy shrew
• (Under pyloric, adj. and n.)
  • pyloric caecum
• (Under pyramidal, adj. and n.)
  • pyramidal cell
  • pyramidal tent
• (Under pyramid, n.)
  • pyramid scheme
• (Under pyranometer, n.)
  • pyranometric
• (Under pyrheliometer, n.)
  • pyrheliometry
• (Under pyriform, adj.)
  • pyriform aperture
• (Under pyrimidine, n.)
  • pyrimidine base
• (Under pyro-, comb. form)
  • pyro-electrolyte
  • pyrophile
  • pyrophobic
• (Under pyroclastic, adj. and n.)
  • pyroclastic flow
• (Under pyrogen, n.)
  • pyrogen-free
• (Under pyrometric, adj.)
  • pyrometric piece
• (Under Pythagoras, n.)
  • Pythagoras’ theorem
• (Under Pythagorean, n. and adj.)
  • Pythagorean number
  • Pythagorean triple
• (Under Pythagoreanize, v.)
  • Pythagoreanizing
• (Under Q, n.)
  • q.d.
  • q.p.
  • Q
  • Q.
  • QA
  • QB
  • QBD
  • QC
  • QPM
• (Under quad, adj.¹ and n.⁵)
  • quad bike
• (Under quadrant, n.¹)
  • quadrant roller
• (Under quadrigeminal, adj.)
  • quadrigeminy
• (Under quadruplex, v.)
  • quadruplexing
• (Under quadrupole, n. and adj.)
  • quadrupole moment
• (Under quail, n.)
  • quail-finch
  • quail-thrush
  • quail cage
• (Under Quaker, n.)
  • Quakeristic
• (Under qualified, adj. and n.)
  • qualified majority
  • qualified majority voting
• (Under quality, n. and adj.)
  • quality assurance
  • quality management
  • quality management system
  • quality time
• (Under quant, adj. and n.³)
  • quant fund
  • quant jock
• (Under quantify, v.)
  • quantifying
• (Under quantum, n. and adj.)
  • quantum bit
  • quantum computer
  • quantum cryptography
  • quantum dot
  • quantum fluctuation
  • quantum gravity
  • quantum logic
  • quantum-logical
  • quantum teleportation
  • quantum vacuum
  • quantum well
  • quantum wire
  • quantum phenomenon
• (Under quaquaversal, adj.)
  • quaquaversality
• (Under quark, n.²)
  • quark star
• (Under quarry, n.²)
  • quarry worker
• (Under quart, n.⁴)
  • quart minor
• (Under quarter, n.)
  • quarter circle
  • quarter-circular
  • quarter post
  • quarter-racer
  • quarter-stake
• (Under quasi-, comb. form)
  • quasi-modal
  • quasi-social
  • quasi-psychotic
  • quasi-stable
• (Under quasilinear, adj.)
  • quasilinearly
• (Under quasiperiodic, adj.)
  • quasiperiodically
• (Under quassin, n.)
  • quassinoid
• (Under Quebec, n.)
  • Quebec oak
• (Under Queen Alexandra, n.)
  • Queen Alexandra’s birdwing
• (Under Queen Anne, n.)
  • Queen Anne’s musket
  • Queen Anne musket
• (Under queen, n.)
  • queen-elect
  • queen’s china
• (Under queer, adj.¹)
  • queer theorist
  • queer theory
• (Under Queer Nation, n.)
  • Queer National
• (Under quenching, n.)
  • quenching process
• (Under query, n.² and int.)
  • query language
• (Under question, n.)
  • question period
  • question tag
• (Under quey, n.)
  • quey stirk
• (Under quick, adj., n.¹, and adv.)
  • quick-aught
  • quick-build
  • quick heel
  • quick kick
  • quick-reaction
  • quick-reaction force
  • quick-response
  • quick-fingered
• (Under quiet, adj. and adv.)
  • quiet period
  • quiet revolution
• (Under quiff, v.)
  • quiffed
• (Under quill, n.¹)
  • quill pig
• (Under quinarian, adj. and n.)
  • quinarianism
• (Under quinic, adj.)
  • quinic ether
• (Under quinine, n.)
  • quinine bush
• (Under quinine, v.)
  • quinined
• (Under quininize, v.)
  • quinini’zation
• (Under Quinquatria, n.)
  • Quinquatrian
• (Under quire, n.)
  • quire book

Out-of-sequence new entries

13 December 2007 also saw the publication of the the following new entries from across the alphabet:

• -adelic, comb. form
• alfoil, n.
• bap, n.²
• blankie, n.
• blind copy, n.
• breathability, n.
• Cabrales, n.
• Cahita, n. and adj.
• Chicana, n. and adj.
• Chicanismo, n.
• cholent, n.
• clap skate, n.
• contestability, n.
• cooch, n.
• coochie, n.
• coochie-coochie, n.
• coochy coo, int.
• cooze, n.
• coozie, n.
• cosmo, n.
• cotch, n.
• cotch, v.
• crabstick, n.²
• cranachan, n.
• depleter, n.
• diphone, n.
• dogging, n.²
• droit de suite, n.
• Earl Grey, n.
• fembot, n.
• fiend, v.
• fiqh, n.
• flambé, n.²
• flambé, v.
• funt, n.
• galactically, adv.
• gearhead, n.
• ginch, n.
• Godzone, n.
• green goddess, n.
• hawala, n.
• hawaladar, n.
• helmer, n.
• humbucker, n.
• ichthus, n.
• -istan, comb. form
• jack, v.³
• jandal, n.
• JAP, n.²
• jit, n.³
• kabloona, n.
• kabloonat, n.
• ka-boom, int. and n.
• khula, n.
• ki, n.²
• lockdown, n.
• mis-, prefix¹
• ozone, n.
• populate, v.²
• power, n.¹
• shagadelic, adj.
• snagging, n.³
• Srimati, n.
• -stan, comb. form
• sunbake, n.
• sunbake, v.
• sunbaking, adj.
• -tastic, comb. form
• Usui, n.
• valiha, n.
• wakizashi, n.
• webmistress, n.
• wet room, n.
• whippit, n.
• zindabad, int. (and n.)
• Zoque–Mixe, adj. and n.

In addition to these new entries, the following out-of-sequence subordinate entries were added:

• (Under Alpine, adj. and n.)
  • Alpine touring
• (Under arm-chair | armchair, n.)
  • armchair quarterback
  • armchair quarterbacking
  • armchair ride
• (Under auto, n.²)
  • auto body
  • autocrime
  • autojumble
  • automania
  • automaniac
  • auto pollution
  • autotest
  • auto worker
  • auto wrecking
• (Under bail, n.¹)
  • bail bondsman
• (Under banker, n.²)
  • banker’s draft
• (Under B, n.)
  • bcc
• (Under beggar, n.)
  • beggar’s purse
• (Under bingo, n.²)
  • bingo wings
• (Under black, adj.)
  • black hat
• (Under blind, adj. (and adv.))
  • blind item
  • blind carbon copy
• (Under brain, n.)
  • brain surgery
• (Under C, n.)
  • cc
  • CCU
• (Under Chicano | chicano, n. and adj.)
  • Chicano movement
• (Under cinnamon, n.)
  • cinnamon stick
• (Under comfort, n.)
  • comfort break
  • comfort stop
• (Under cream, n.²)
  • cream-crowdie
• (Under crime, n.)
  • crime watch
• (Under cutie, n.)
  • cutie-pie
• (Under dipping, n.)
  • dipping sauce
• (Under dirty, adj.)
  • dirty rice
• (Under dropped | dropt, adj.)
  • dropped kerb
• (Under drug, n.¹)
  • drug dealer
• (Under Dutch, adj., n., (and adv.))
  • double Dutch
• (Under Easter, n.¹)
  • Easter basket
• (Under eastern, adj. and n.)
  • Eastern bloc
  • Eastern block
• (Under easy, adj. and adv.)
  • easy-drinking
• (Under end, n.)
  • end-blown
• (Under energy, n.)
  • energy drink
  • energy bar
• (Under environmental, adj.)
  • environmental management
• (Under exercise, n.)
  • exercise bicycle
  • exercise bike
  • exercise cycle
• (Under F, n.)
  • FTL
• (Under flip, v.)
  • flip phone
• (Under food, n.)
  • food-borne
• (Under French, adj. and n.)
  • French manicure
  • French tip
• (Under frozen, adj.)
  • frozen yogurt
• (Under full, adj., n.³, and adv.)
  • full beam
• (Under funeral, adj. and n.)
  • funeral plan
• (Under great, adj., adv., and n.)
  • Great Pyramid
  • Great Pyramid prophecy
• (Under gutter, n.¹)
  • guttermouth
• (Under hand, n.¹)
  • handspan
• (Under helicopter, n.)
  • helicopter parent
• (Under high, adj. and n.²)
  • high beam
• (Under holding, n.)
  • holding game
  • to play a holding game
• (Under homeland, n.)
  • homeland security
• (Under human, adj. and n.)
  • human cannonball
• (Under ice-cream, n.)
  • ice cream cone
• (Under junior, adj. and n.)
  • junior kindergarten
• (Under K, n.)
  • K-hole
• (Under life, n.)
  • life partner
• (Under lobster, n.¹)
  • lobster roll
• (Under lock, n.²)
  • lock-in
• (Under senior, adj. and n.)
  • senior kindergarten
• (Under side, n.¹)
  • side-blown
• (Under silver, n. and adj.)
  • silver surfer
• (Under smart, adj.)
  • smartphone
• (Under Soviet, n. and adj.)
  • Soviet bloc
  • Soviet block
• (Under sub-, prefix)
  • subwoofer
• (Under suicide, n.²)
  • suicide watch
  • suicide bombing
• (Under sunk, adj.)
  • sunk costs
• (Under tear-, comb. form)
  • tear-down
• (Under terminal, adj. and n.)
  • terminal degree
• (Under text, n.¹)
  • textphone
• (Under Thatcher, n.²)
  • Thatcher’s child
• (Under thirteenth, adj., n., (and adv.))
  • thirteenth cheque
• (Under toe, n.)
  • toe-poke
• (Under toilet, n.)
  • toilet break
• (Under tolerance, n.)
  • tolerance zone
• (Under tortilla, n.)
  • tortilla chip
• (Under twin, adj. and n.)
  • twin-prop
• (Under urban, adj. and n.)
  • urban regeneration
• (Under whale, n.)
  • whale watch
  • whale watcher
  • whale watching

Finally, new meanings were added to the following entries:

• agenda, n.
• anonymous, adj.
• back, n.¹
• baggage, n. and adj.
• bap, n.¹
• bollock, n., int., and adj.
• breathable, adj.
• brush, n.²
• bubble, n.
• cheap, adj., adv., and n.
• contestable, adj.
• cosmopolitan, adj. and n.
• cross-country, adj.
• custodial, adj. and n.
• deal, v.
• dealer, n.
• dicky | dickey, n.
• dungeon, n.
• externalize, v.
• fix, n.
• fool, v.
• full, adj., n.³, and adv.
• glass, v.
• glove, v.
• handy, adj.
• hat, n.
• helm, v.²
• hoodie | hoody, n.
• jab, n.
• jaw-breaker, n.
• joint, n.¹
• lance, v.
• legacy, n.
• load, n.
• lock, v.¹
• lurid, adj.
• scrub, n.²
• secondary, adj. and n.
• smoke, v.
• south, adv., prep., n., and adj.
• tortilla, n.
• vegetarian, n. and adj.
• walk-through, n. and adj.
• yeah, adv.
• zipper, n.